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Teaching children with autism to identify and respond appropriately to the preferences of others during play
Author(s) -
Najdowski Adel C.,
St. Clair Megan,
Fullen Jesse A.,
Child Amelia,
Persicke Angela,
Tarbox Jonathan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1002/jaba.494
Subject(s) - autism , psychology , praise , generalization , preference , autism spectrum disorder , developmental psychology , applied behavior analysis , cognitive psychology , social psychology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , economics , microeconomics
We observed three children with autism spectrum disorder during structured play dates in which play partners displayed interest or disinterest in the toys with which they were playing. We then taught subjects to identify play partners' preferences and to make appropriate toy offers using a multiple‐exemplar training package consisting of rules, midplay preference questions, prompting, and praise with observed generalization across untrained partners.